Insects
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
Sighting 4567264

Apina callisto

Pasture Day Moth at QPRC LGA

Apina callisto at QPRC LGA - 17 Apr 2024 09:25 AM
Apina callisto at QPRC LGA - 17 Apr 2024 09:25 AM
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Identification history

Apina callisto 19 Apr 2024 ibaird
Apina callisto 19 Apr 2024 SuziBond
Agaristodes feisthamelii 18 Apr 2024 donhe
Unverified 17 Apr 2024 arjay

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User's notes

Might be a skipper. Note that location is very approximate since this speciment was caught in an air intake on a car.

4 comments

owenh wrote:
   18 Apr 2024
Is this not a male Pasture Day Moth (Apina callisto) underside image?
donhe wrote:
   18 Apr 2024
In the white antemedial patch under the forewing : A. callisto has a black rectangle rather than the round black spot shown in this photo.
owenh wrote:
   18 Apr 2024
Thanks. Please see true A. feisthamelii underside image in CNM Sighting 3869303 for comparison to above (no spot in same).
Additionally, MoV 8 CD notes feisthamelii as a 'day flying species found in subalpine grasslands' while 'Moths in the ACT' (Cocking, Bond, Edwards, 2022) inform us feisthamelii 'flies for a restricted period from mid spring to early summer.'
SuziBond wrote:
   19 Apr 2024
Thanks for your notes Owen, I'll change the suggested species to A callisto.

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